University
of Florida Archives
University of Florida. Office of the President.
Correspondence, 1946-1956
9.6 lin. ft. (23 boxes)
Subseries: Divided into three main file headings--Group
Correspondence, General Correspondence, and Personal Correspondence.
Subseries P10a contains the personal and administrative
correspondence of President J. Hillis Miller.
The Group Correspondence files contain Millers'
correspondence with university organizations including campus committees,
adminstrative offices, and academic colleges. It also contains correspondence
with the Florida Board of Control. Correspondence related to campus
buildings is also filed here under "Buildings".
The General Correspondence file is arranged
by year and then alphabetically by correspondent. It includes correspondence
with individuals and organizations outside the university and correspondence
with faculty and university administrators on matters unrelated to either
curriculum or research.
The Personal Correspondence files are arranged
chronologically and contain private letters of President Miller.
However, it also includes letters which by today's standards would be considered
public record. These include letters to other university presidents
and "confidential" correspondence related to university issues. Correspondence
related to Miller's funeral and memorial services is filed here as well.
Of note are the records related to subversive
activity by faculty and students, the development of the College of Medicine
and the Cancer Research Laboratory, the tremendous enrollment expansion
in the late 1940s, the impact of coeducation, and increasing pressures
to racially integrate the professional schools.
The contents
lists and registers provide subject analysis for each letter.
A typewritten register for Miller's personal
correspondence is also available.